Top international researchers will meet with decision makers, business people, and other stakeholders working in the Nigerian cassava sector in the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, 28 to 30 October. Top international researchers will meet with decision makers, business people, and other stakeholders working in the Nigerian cassava sector in the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, 28 to 30 October…
The production of the East Africa Highland banana, also known as cooking banana and “matoke” in the region is poised to get a boost with the distribution of the first-ever, high-yielding, and disease-resistant hybrid varieties…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) recently signed a $5 million contract for support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands to start a project entitled: “Policy Action for Sustainable Intensification of Ugandan Cropping Systems (PASIC)”…
Ghana has taken a major step ahead of other yam-producing nations with the launch of a strategy for the development of the yam industry from farm to market. This follows the global conference on yams held in Accra on 3-6 October and ongoing`strategic development for the sector…
Increasing funding for research and development on yam will help unleash the potential of the crop, improve livelihoods, create jobs and enhance food security in Africa…
Improving the competitiveness of roots and tubers will help in alleviating poverty in Africa, considering that 80 percent of people in the rural areas depend on agriculture as a source of livelihood, according to Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama today…
IITA’s work on yellow cassava received a PR boost as the Voice of America (VOA) – a globally recognized media outfit and the official external broadcast institution of the US federal government – recently co-produced a special video with the IITA Communications Office and Dr. Peter Kulakow, IITA Cassava Breeder…
Research scientist Dr Charity Mutegi of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is the recipient of the 2013 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Mamadou Biteye, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Managing Director for Africa, made the announcement today at the request of the World Food Prize Foundation during the African Green Revolution Forum in Maputo, Mozambique…
